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A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade

A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God. – Havelock Ellis

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Failing to find in women exactly the same kind of sexual emotions, as they find in themselves, men have concluded that there are none there at all. – Havelock Ellis

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Women
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Havelock Ellis
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There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether. – Havelock Ellis

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Drugs
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Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion. – Maimonides

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Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun. – Ziggy Marley

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Religion enabled society to organise itself to debate goodness, just as Greek drama had once done. – Edward Bond

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We are punished by our sins, not for them. – Elbert Hubbard

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